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Depends on the country and situation. In some areas, stranded passengers are taken to a nearby hotel but are restricted to that hotel.
I encountered this with a delayed flight in Asia. Fortunately my nationality allowed me visa free entry so I entered through the immigration line, the others were escorted direct to the hotel bus by immigration and ...

Enjoy a nice lunch at one of the restaurants.
3 hours at any international airport is not enough time to leave. 30-60 minutes to deal with immigration, same again on the return (security, be at gate 30 minutes before departure etc. etc.) leaves you with an hour. Given HKG's location you won't be going anywhere.

Why yes there is.
This UK government site will tell you if you need a visa to transit through the UK. You enter your nationality, destination, and any visas you already hold, and it will tell you if you need a transit visa or not. It also includes instructions for applying for one.
HOWEVER: There have been changes taking effect Dec 1 2014 to which ...

In general, no. If you book a ticket that includes some time in a city along the way, it's up to you to figure out where to sleep and to pay for that.
Two exceptions. First, if you had a short connection, say two hours, and there's a problem that delays the second flight and you have to spend the night there, the airline might (might!) pay for a hotel.
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On paper it's theoretically possible, in reality -- having flown into, out of and through HK a fair amount -- I doubt it will work unless you're extremely lucky.
Assuming you want to get to your departure gate thirty minutes before take-off then you have 150 minutes of spare time. You might push that to getting to your gate twenty minutes before take off ...

As you're traveling with Turkish Airlines and have a long layover, you can ask for a free tour of the city, hosted by Turkish Airlines. Here's some info:
http://www.istanbulinhours.com/tour-schedule
You should confirm this with the airline beforehand, as what's available depends on your schedule. Depending on the time and duration of your layover, you ...

Success! Five hours proved to be plenty of time to escape Schipol for an enjoyable Saturday evening in the city before returning to the airport to catch our flight to the UK.
We stashed our carry-on luggage in the lockers located at the airport near the airport train station. A "medium" (actually quite large) locker is € 6 for 24 hours. The freedom to ...

1:30 is not a layover. It's a mad rush between gates.
Remember, practically all flights board at least 30 minutes prior to departure, and on large aircraft it's often an hour or more ahead of departure.
This means that once you land, you'll have time to run to your departure gate in time to board, and if you're lucky, hit a restroom on the way.
Do not ...

Getting in to Manhattan and back during peak traffic hours is a lost cause and you'll have to settle for the airport lounge or something less exotic. JFK is a scant stone's throw from the Boardwalk on Rockaway Beach however. While it does not have a Tiffany's or a Times Square, it might do as a bit of 'niche Americana'. It's a civilized locale with ...

There are two issues here: what people mean, and what airlines mean.
Airlines vary, but generally they mean layover to mean you changing planes for their reasons. They don't fly from London to Venice, for example, so they fly you London to Frankfurt then Frankfurt to Venice. You might have an hour or two in the airport to change planes. They mean stopover ...

It is a 20 minutes train ride to the city center. A single ticket costs 7.80 EUR and a return ticket twice that price. There are at least 3 or 4 trains per hour. Details about train travel can be found on http://www.belgianrail.be On that site you can also buy an online ticket. This will save you some precious minutes. However, you should be aware of the ...

Laws apply when you touch the ground of a country. The only way to get around that would be to go into a foreign embassy. There is no difference how long you are there or where you stay.
On top of that, places that have a very high traffic of foreigners will alert you if possible if you are trying to do something illegal. So if there are two guys in the UAE ...

In short, no, he can't realistically bring them on board: under TSA rules, semi-solid foods are considered "gels" and thus fall under the "liquids, aerosols and gels" restriction of 3 bottles x 100 ml max, and these rules are applied worldwide on international flights.
You could still probably bring a few tiny containers of curry and something dry to eat ...

If you are flying from the US to Spain via Düsseldorf, you will clear immigration for the Schengen area on arrival in Düsseldorf. After that nobody is going to stop you from going wherever you like. For instance, you can take the SkyTrain directly from your arrival terminal to Bahnhof Düsseldorf Flughafen (Düsseldorf Airport train station; €2.60) and then ...

TL;DR: While it probably would be possible for you to get downtown, see one or two things and get back, I would recommend settling in with a good book/iPad/kindle and get some movie watching/reading done. O'Hare is a terrible place to get in and out of.
I imagine I'll leave the airport by 9, and should be back by 11:30. Is
this reasonable?
Assuming ...

I have transited through vienna around 15 times and happy to give you some tips on what to see during your 6 hour layoff.
St.Stephens Platz church (start here. Its the city centre walk around for 2h you will see viennese operas, palace and shopping streets around. If you like cakes be sure to taste Sacher torta (shop not far from main opera)
Schonbrunn ...

Definitely, more than 2 hours. I actually have such a connection quite regularly, and always spend some time in the city. Wouldn't go to museums and such though, but enough for some general site-seeing and even maybe some shopping on Oxford Street. You could probably squeeze in a whole round-trip on the tour buses they have there, without getting out ...

I'm not sure about the visa part, but about the time:
By the cheapest train I seem to recall Narita airport is about two hours from Tokyo. Also you might well have to be back at the airport at least one hour before boarding, and quite possibly more. And the train system in Japan is notoriously complex. It will be very easy to get a bit lost and miss your ...

No, you don't need a transit visa - as long as you don't leave the transit lounge. But be sure about your change with airlines/planes, as there are two airports in Istanbul. You may read detailed information on the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
Edit (not by Mahmut) to include extract from part of the referenced website:
Question: I will ...

Is visiting San Francisco viable in 5.5 hours?
Only to do a drive through and not a very thorough one.
Let's assume that you have your bags checked all the way through the destination and let's further assume that flights will be on time and let's even further assume that there is no traffic going to and from the airport.
Under these circumstances it ...

British Airways provide a lot of information on T5 on their website, including all about Flight Connections. I'd very much suggest you read through that.
To tackle the main bits, assuming you have a single ticket covering both legs of your journey:
You will not pass through UK customs
You will not pass through UK immigration
Your bags will be checked ...

Yes. But be careful of course, timewise, if you have a flight.
Your best resource that I've found for this is Wikitravel's article on Fuji which has a Get in section.
I was there in July but just wanted a view, not a climb, and was coming from Kanazawa on the west coast. We took trains down to Nagoya, and across, and then inland to Fujinomiya. It's ...

Given this is a travel forum, the airline terminology is the best one.
A layover refers to a break between two flights taking you to your destination. Normally this would be short (a few hours), but the definition will vary depending on the airline and the route.
A stopover is where you actually break your your journey at a point that isn't the destination ...

Doha
Transit Visa: Not required..
Visa On Arrival: You can have VOA if you want to go outside the airport in DOH for $30.
Airport is nice and full facilities are available (duty free, food, place to sleep...etc).
The city is nice with lots of activities. I suggest visiting The Museum of Islamic Art. Doha has many malls and modern shopping centers.
Dubai
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A visit to the beach is certainly possible. In fact, LAX itself is situated on the coast, but the roads from the terminals are on the inland side, making it a bleak 5 mile/8km walk one-way to Playa Del Rey— and I would not recommend either the activity or the destination.
Keep these things in mind:
The U.S. does not have outbound passport control, but as ...

Most US airports have no concept of "transit" and no "airside" where you can make your connection. You land, clear US customs, and then can go wherever you like, whether that's just over to another terminal to catch your plane, or out into the city to explore. So if you have the paperwork to enable the connection, then you almost certainly have the paperwork ...

For virtually all international airports, as long as you are on a single itinerary with your bags booked through, you will stay in the transit area and do not need to clear immigration or Customs. However, if you purchased separate tickets for the two legs, this does not apply: you will need to pass through Immigration (which may require visas etc), collect ...

First, make sure you are allowed to leave the airport with your passport/visa.
Visa on arrival is available for many countries, but costs US$28 for 30 days. But that's only certain countries, other ones are more complicated.
Wikitravel is limited, but suggests the following sites:
The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
Souq Waqif : the traditional old ...

I landed in terminal 3 and flew out of terminal 1 last year. I didn't have to leave the airside because Terminals 1 and 3 are joined.
It took me about 20 minutes to walk from the Costa stand at the far end of terminal 3 to my gate in terminal 1 which was maybe half way down that terminal.
So assuming your inbound flight arrives on time and you can walk for ...